funny that in the "What Christmas Character are You?" test results (go a few entries down...) I was "Charlie Brown". Let's list the similarities:

-thinning hair
-chubby
-wears a lot of yellow
-constantly let down by others
-best friend and family member is a dog
-the dog is a Beagle!
-loves a sparce looking tree
-talks to himself
-needs a psychiatrist

Maybe I will change my name to "Charlie" starting today...
Reen

(image from www.fredart.com)

This is me.

I just want to run off somewhere where there's no noise, no one I know with my teddy bear. ... and maybe Skyler

Christmas is over and I am relieved.

My only stress that is Christmas related is: 1. JD has a visit with his birth family on the 27th. I am NOT looking forward to that! He comes back moody, uncooperative, and just not himself. I am dreading to see what he comes home with. Weapons, drugs and alcohol are my first 3 guesses of gift choices from the “posse”.

Now I have to take down all the Christmas stuff that I put up. (sigh). Maybe I can talk Bryan into doing it. (Although he did it last year and I couldn’t find anything to put out this year which added to my stress!)

I took a test (and flunked) recently to find out if I was depressed. I have ALL the symptoms. ALL. Every last one.


Things I am happy about:

Thurman
Javarius (“frinkles”)
My review (also a little disappointed but overall happy)
My prospective 2008 at work! Better at everything! Tier 2?
Skyler
The van


OK so there’s not much on my list I am happy about right now. And I even had to stretch it a little and add the “van”.

Hey! I will take what I can get at this point.

Some highlighted presents include: sewing machine from the family (yes I asked for one!), Gryffindor sweatshirt, ruby earring/necklace and ring combo set and a hand painted ornament from JD. He was so excited and fun to watch. Hopefully I took plenty of pictures.

RESOLUTIONS FOR 2008

Lose Weight/Increase Fitness
See or keep in touch with family
Get out of debt
Get organized
Learn something new
De-Stress
Plan Ahead

THURMAN!

Everyone please welcome him to our family.

(sigh) I just CANNOT get in the Christmas spirit this year...and that is VERY odd because I am usually Ms. Christmas. I usually decorate the house with 2 trees, lighted garland everywhere, my favorite antique ornaments, santas, reindeer etc everywhere. I think if our foster child was not here this year the tree would still be in the attic.

As it stands it is now 8 am on Christmas Eve and I have wrapped 2 packages. I do NOT want to do it. Bridget and Cindy wrapped their stuff they purchased last night. I tossed around the idea of just tossing out the presents Christmas morning with tags on them for who they were to but the girls hurt look on their faces told me I might want to reconsider.

(sigh) again.

So here I sit blogging. hahaha

I don't know why this year is different. It is going to be great watching our 4 year old open presents, help bake the birthday cake for Jesus etc. I have been off my medication ( not anything for schizophrenia or anything like that thank YOU!) and I now wonder if that is part of it.

I guess I had better get off my butt.

Yes, yes, yes. I took the test on GoldenCompass.com or some other site like that. I wanted to see what all the "hoopla" was about.

dae·mon (dē'm-an) n.
Chiefly British Variant of demon.
Variant of daimon.
1. Classical Mythology.
a. a god.
b. a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
2. a demon.
3. Computer Science : A program or process that sits idly in the background until it is invoked to perform its task.

MY person Daemon according to the website is Lutheus. That reveals that I am "modest, inquisitive, a leader, spontaneous and fickle." You are therefore matched with the cat daemon.

Which doesn't tell me a whole heck of a lot but I thought it was quite the coincidence that the cat looks just like my cat, Mr. Mistofolees.